Manager's Notes
We aren't taking anything for granted and regardless of East Preston's form we must be switched on They are playing for survival and having faced the same situation last season I know how much they willbe up for this game today
Having come away from Roffey disappointed as the final scoreline didn't reflect the performance we put in but if the lads can continue like that then we will have more good days before the end of the season
For us to be in the position we are today has given us a chance to have one eye on next season and the type of player we want so it was pleasing to get Cal Stobart and Ed Stone signed this week Both exciting young talents
Hard work beats ability when ability stop working
We have to get stuck in and fight for everything, control what we can control and make sure we take our chances
#UTV DAVID BAKER MENS MANAGER
Villa Squad East Preston Squad
SONNY LUCAS
DAVID SHARMAN
AARON ANCELL
AARON LOCKWOD
ZACHARIAS KLADIS
CALLAGHAN STOBART
LUKE BURBIDGE
ED STONE
LAMIN SET
KEYROULOS FAKHOURY
DEMAS RAMSIS
SEBASTIAN CHOTUIS
BEN THOMSETT
THOMAS SHELLEY
JESSE BURBIDGE
LOUIE DAY
SHAY TOBIN
ABANOB FAKHOURY
GABRIEL ROBINSON
ADAM ADIMI
ZACARIA AIKEN-SMITH
ZENIO AIKEN-SMITH
ALFIE BECK
JORDAN BOATENG ANDERSON
OSHANE BROWN
GERALD DE GRAFT
ZRYAN DIER
LOUIE FULKER
NAHUM GREEN
LUWAYNE GREENWOOD
WILL GRIEVESON
KRISTIAN HARDING
JOSHUA HARWOOD
JAMAL JIMOH
JUNIOR KAFFO
IBRAHIM KALLON
JOE KINSMAN
JONATHAN KUSAKA
MICHAEL MACDONALD
SEAN MARCANO
JACK MARNEY
CAMERON MYRIE-SMITH
ANDY O DRISCOLL
ALFIE PHETHEAN-NDONG
KAZZEEM RICHARDS
NICK TAYLOR
ARCHIE TOWSE
ALESSANDRO WISDOM
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East Preston F.C. was originally formed in 1947, but unfortunately folded within ten years. However it was reformed, as the present club , in 1966 when it was elected to the Worthing League.
East Preston then moved on to the West Sussex League for the start of the 1968-69 season before becoming a founder member of the newly formed Sussex County League Division Three in 1983/84, having won a number of honours in the seasons leading up to that The club won Division Three at the first attempt but were unable to take their place in senior football as the ground and facilities were not up to the required standard.
The club remained in Division Three until 1090/91 when they gained promotion once again, this time as runners up to Ifield However they lasted just one season before being relegated back the following year After a couple of near misses they finally achieved promotion again at the end of the 1994/95 season In that promotion season they achieved a memorable treble also winning the Division Three Cup and the Sussex Intermediate Cup.
In 1997/98 promotion to Division One was achieved for the first time in the club’s history. The club aquitted itself well for two seasons, finishing fourth in 1999/2000, before a season of crisis saw them relegated in 2000/01 Recovery however, was swift and East Preston were immediately promoted back to the top flight Following a season of consolidation, 2003/04 saw East Preston once again a force in the top division, finishing third behind Chichester City United , and just missing out on the runners up spot on goal difference to Rye and Iden United.
2004/05 saw the club reach the third qualifying round of the F A Cup, eventually bowing out to Billericay Town
For the start of the 2011-12 season Dominic Di Paola was appointed manager, to start the most successful period in the clubs history.
The club ran away with the Division Two title in the 2011/12 season, securing promotion before any other senior side in the country, and also claiming the League and Cup double , beating local rivals Littlehampton 5-1 in the Division Two Cup final
In the 2012/13 season East Preston finished third in Division One, an in 2013/14 won the Division One title by 17 points, but were denied entrance into the Ryman League due to not meeting the ground grading requirements. In October 2014/15 Dominic Di Paola left for Hastings United and the successful team broke up. A period of upheaval followed and the team finished 11th in the League.
Promotion back to the Premier Division was achieved the following season, a fitting way to celebrate the clubs 50th Anniversary after being reformed
Recent seasons have seen East Preston hold their Premier status, albeit with a reprieve from relegation following the curtailment of the 2020/21 season however the team were relegated to Division One at the end of the 2022/23 season.
In recent years the club have developed a large Youth section and have firmly established themselves at the heart of the village For the first time in the club’s history, in 2023/24 East Preston will be fielding womens teams
East Preston achieved Charter Standard in the summer of 2020.
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